Four Super League clubs will reportedly hold meetings with the agent of Joel Monaghan, the disgraced former Canberra and Australia wing, before the Four Nations final in Brisbane this weekend – although none of them has yet taken the risk of making their interest public.

Monaghan, the younger brother of the Warrington scrum-half Michael, confirmed his intention to play in Europe when he announced this week that he would be leaving Canberra to spare the club and his former team-mates the embarrassment of being associated with his off-field humiliation.

Jim Banaghan, the 28-year-old's manager, told the Sydney Morning Herald that he had arranged meetings with officials from four clubs who are out in Australia. But Harlequins, who have been widely described as favourites, ruled themselves out today.

Bradford, Salford, Castleford and Huddersfield have previously done so, and most other clubs have spent the full salary cap, filled their overseas quota, or both.

"It's quite a difficult process to find a good fit," Banaghan said. "Clubs are working with a salary cap and a quota of overseas players, and then they must have a desire for a player in that position."

Andrew Henderson, the Sheffield Eagles and Scotland hooker, has had a claim for unfair dismissal against Barrow upheld at a Rugby Football League tribunal. The Cumbrian club are expected to confirm this week the appointment of Martin Crompton and Brad Drew as their new coaches.

Melbourne Storm have claimed a significant coup in their bid to bounce back from the salary cap scandal that engulfed the club this year by signing Cade Umaga, the teenage son of the former All Blacks rugby union captain Tana Umaga.